Don't agree atall that Cody's line-ups were better than primo NRBQ, who could or did take their highjinks in more different directions than the C-men, w/o getting lost, although yeah sometimes they did get too cuet. Cody is more basic, fine, but since yall brought it up, this starts with some more discussion originally from the Little Feat thread, then pasted to and continued on the fine NRBQ Classic or Dud:
We were talking about the Q over on the main Little Feat thread recently:You know who else makes good companion listening to the Feet?
'70s NRBQ.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, October 7, 2019 8:18 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
recommend an LP?
― calstars, Monday, October 7, 2019 9:01 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
Omnivore's been reissuing a bunch of theirs, also a few recent sets (Terry Adams with an all-this-century line-up, I think) The best reissue I've heard is their s/t debut, from 1969, smokin' Louisville backyards and other spaces. Don't know how many of these have been reissued by now, but I liked several of their 70s, At Yankee Stadium, Kick Me Hard, Grooves in Orbit, and Tapdancin' Bats---oh yeah, All Hopped Up has been reissued, but seemed too or wrongly gimmicky at times; they could be that way (ditto the current crew)
And if you really want to take the plunge, Omnivore's High Noon - A 50-Year Retrospective is pretty refreshing, for the most part---as it damn well better be, with 5 CDs.
― dow, Monday, October 7, 2019 9:20 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
I was just listening to Workshop, which is what inspired me to post. I've got it was part of a vinyl two-fer with their prior effort Scraps, which might be a good place to start (Sundazed did individual LP reissues). At Yankee Stadium has them starting to get New Wave-y in a way the Feat never lived to reach, but it's the consensus pick and very much worth your time.
I should point out that where the two bands most overlap is in their wacky sense of humor. NRBQ used the Beatles as a jumping-off point the same way the Feat used the Stones.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, October 7, 2019 10:11 PM (two weeks ago)
― dow, Friday, October 25, 2019 5:06 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
That box set is often amaaazing, though they could get too cutesy at times.
― dow, Friday, October 25, 2019 5:08 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
I'm blanking on it right now, but there's a track on either Scraps or Workshop that would slot in perfectly on the first two Feats albums, down to an LG-esque slide part.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, October 25, 2019 5:54 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
From a consid of NRBQ box and Sun Ra singles comp (thee biggest and most recent, though still not complete):
...n 1969, co-founder and sole constant of all line-ups Terry Adams was quoted by the New York Times as declaring that NRBQ was based on “the Sun—-Sun Ra and Sun Records.” It’s a good hook, and basically true---and would be, in the sense of an adventurous, driven and canny spirit shared, whatever the stylistic differences—-=even if, as he recounts in this set’s booklet, Adams hadn’t first visited Ra at the end of the 60s, when too much was up in the air; he was given a Saturn Records 45 RPM single of “Rocket Number Nine”—hearing this, Adams realized he had to get NRBQ back together and dedicate his life to music (the reunited combo’s own version of “Rocket…” soon blasted off, sonically if not commercially).
https://www.nodepression.com/sun-ra-and-nrbq/
― dow, Saturday
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